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punctures, the sides of the latter blue-green, the posterior angles pro- 

 minent, long and acute; thorax beneath dark green; tegulao black. 

 Wings fuliginous, subhyaline at base; nervures fuscous. Legs blue- 

 green, pubescent; posterior femora short and robust, sericeous, blackish 

 in front, greenish behind; tarsi blackish-brown, sericeous beneath, 

 claws cleft at tip. Abdomen short, broad, rather convex, broadly 

 rounded behind, brilliant green, somewhat golden, changing to blue iu 

 certain lights, shining, very closely and finely punctured, the punctures 

 becoming coarser towards the apex ; third segment shorter than the 

 second, apical margin entire; venter dull blue-green. Length 4 lines; 

 expanse of wings 7 lines. 



Two specimens. This elegant species may be at once recognized by 

 the brilliant green color, with the entire thorax above bright coppery- 

 red. 



3. Hedychrum viride, n. sp. 



Green, densely punctured ; abdomen very finely punctured, polished, with a 

 beautiful bluish reflection ; wings subhyaline, pale fuliginous at tips ; apex of 

 abdomen entire but not broadly rounded. 



Green, sometimes tinged with golden, slightly pubescent; head and 

 thorax very densely and rather coarsely punctured, the interstices be- 

 tween the punctures finely punctured ; face concave, finely rugose, 

 and when viewed from above covered with a short, dense, subappressed, 

 white pubescence; this is, however, obsolete in one specimen; antennae 

 dull black, basal joint green. Thorax with a slight bluish tinge in 

 certain lights, the sculpture is very dense; metathorax tinged with 

 golden, the posterior angles prominent and rather obtuse; teguke 

 golden-green, with a few scattered punctures. Wings subhyaline, 

 slightly tinged with fuliginous about the apical half. Legs green, 

 somewhat tinged with bluish, thinly pubescent, subsericeous ; tarsi 

 rufo-testaceous, claws with a short acute tooth between the base and 

 apex. Abdomen short, rather broad, convex, polished, closely and 

 finely punctured, brilliant green, with a beautiful blue reflection in 

 certain lights; apical segment shorter than the second, more densely 

 punctured, finely pubescent, the apical margin entire, obtusely rounded 

 and friugec. with long whitish pubescence; venter bronze-black, green 

 on the middle. Length 3| lines; expanse of wings 5| lines. 



Two specimens. 



Genus CHRYSIS, Linn. 

 I. — Apical margin of third abdominal segment entire. 

 1. Chrysis integra, n. sp. 



Green, changing to blue, densely punctured; apex of abdomen subtruncato. 

 entire; wings subhyaline. 



